Martin Rundkvist's blog for 2006. Archaeology, skepticism, Sweden. And books and music and stuff.Continued at Aardvarchaeology.

Monday, July 31, 2006

Caught A Lite Sneeze

Went to bed last night with the realisation that I'd caught a throat bug. Woke up with a smarting port-side tonsil, powered up the laptop, and found that I've also been hit with a friendly blogging chain letter, The Book Meme. Boys 'n' girls, in dealing with smooth lova Carl at Hot Cup of Joe, keep your mind protected!

1) One book that changed your life?

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Sent me questing through Fantasyland for years, including a decade in the Stockholm Tolkien Society. Probably made me an archaeologist as well.

2) One book you have read more than once?

Stanislaw Lem's The Cyberiad. Quirky and hilarious robot stories.

3) One book you would want on a desert island?

It'd have to be long-lasting and it'd have to be practically useful. Does Encyclopaedia Britannica count as one book?

4-5) One book that made you laugh/cry?

Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole. The Cappuccino Years. Those books make you laugh and cry.

6) One book you wish had been written?

Hygelac Hrethelson, Chlochilaicus. An autobiography. Vols 1-7. We could really use some good historical sources for early and mid-1st millennium Scandinavia.

4 Comments:

Well, I did it! But I wrote my list in Swedish, since the blog is in that language. Some of the titles are in English because I read the books in English. I tagged 5 Swedes, so now the list will go on in Swedish too.